Advancing Aeronautical Safety: A Review of NASA's Aviation Safety-Related Research Programs
The National Research Council has released a report that explores the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) aviation safety-related research programs. Specifically, the report focuses on whether the programs have well-defined, prioritized, and appropriate research objectives; whether resources have been allocated appropriately among these objectives; whether the programs are well coordinated with the safety research programs of the Federal Aviation Administration; and whether suitable mechanisms are in place for transitioning the research results into operational technologies and procedures and certification activities in a timely manner. The committee that developed the report found that NASA's aeronautics research enterprise has made, and continues to make, valuable contributions to aviation system safety but is falling short and needs improvement in some key respects.
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This Summary Last Modified On: 4/22/2011